Squashfs: reject negative file sizes in squashfs_read_inode()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Squashfs: reject negative file sizes in squashfs_read_inode() Syskaller reports a "WARNING in ovl_copy_up_file" in overlayfs. This warning is ultimately caused because the underlying Squashfs file system returns a file with a negative file size. This commit checks for a negative file size and returns EINVAL. [[email protected]: only need to check 64 bit quantity]
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Squashfs: reject negative file sizes in squashfs_read_inode() Syskaller reports a "WARNING in ovl_copy_up_file" in overlayfs. This warning is ultimately caused because the underlying Squashfs file system returns a file with a negative file size. This commit checks for a negative file size and returns EINVAL. [[email protected]: only need to check 64 bit quantity]
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2871c74caa3f4f05b429e6bfefebac62dbf1b408
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54170057a5fadd24a37b70de41e61d39284d9bd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8118f66124895829443d09c207e654adcb2f9321
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/875fb3f87ae0225b881319ba016a1a8c4ffd5812
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c7aad76751816207fee556d44aa88a710824810
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f1c14c1de1bdde395f6cc893efa4f80a2ae3b2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f271155ff31aca8ef82c61c8df23ca97e9a77dd4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbfc745db628de31f5c089147deeb87e95b89e66
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/40xxx/CVE-2025-40200.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40200